The Tech God of YouTube: MKBHD

12 Years ago on 2nd January 2009 a young boy named Marques Keith Brownlee uploaded his first video reviewing a media center remote that came with a laptop he bought with his allowance money. He produced his first videos through screen casting. His first several hundred videos were primarily hardware tutorials and freeware. Marques's youtube channel started taking off after he graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology,and since then has been a full time Youtuber and a ultimate Frisbee player.

Marques's youtube channel MKBHD was concatenation of MKB and HD. His reviews range from smartphone to Tech cars to computer component and even to the apples newest headphones. MKBHD as of March 2021 has nearly 13.7 million subscribers making him the most subscribed-to-technology-focused channel on YouTube according to Social Blade.

Marques is in his twelfth year of creating awesome content on YouTube, and the results have obviously paid off. He's known as a major player on YouTube, and was even featured in the 2018 YouTube Rewind video. He also has his own podcast named waveform:the MKBHD podcast, where he talks tech with the industry leaders.

Marques had become such a big name in tech world that many many people used to wait for his review on a certain smartphone before buying it, he became so popular that his quotes were even featured in a Samsung and google pixel advertisement on national television.

Marques's reviews have been promoted by other review sites as well. Engadget promoted the site in January 2012 when they featured his tour of the then-new cloud storage service called Insync. In November 2013, one of Marques's most viral videos was posted based on the LG G Flex, where he performed various scratch tests to portray the self-healing ability of the device. The video reached one million views on the first day. As of March 2021, the video has more than 8 million views. In December 2013, Marques did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside. In May 2014, Marques did the first over-the-air interview with Evan Blass.

Marques's video review and scratch test of a rumored 4.7-inch sapphire display component for the iPhone 6, uploaded July 7, 2014,[24] gained immediate popularity, being featured on sites such as The Verge, Forbes, HuffPost, CNET, and Time Magazine. The video appeared on NBC News, and in newspapers across the world.

In December 2015, Marques interviewed professional NBA basketball player Late Kobe Bryant, titled "Talking Tech with Kobe Bryant!", in which he talks about tech interests of Kobe and the Kobe-designed Nike shoes, the Kobe 11.

In March 2018, he interviewed Neil deGrasse Tyson. In April 2018, Marques won Shorty Awards Creator of the Decade. In June 2018, Marques was a guest on Hot Ones. In August 2018, he interviewed Tesla CEO Elon Musk and with assistance of TLD (Jonathan Morrison) filmed "Tesla Factory Tour with Elon Musk!".

In February 2019, he interviewed Bill Gates and shared thoughts about the tech of future and saving the world . In October 2019, he interviewed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella before Microsoft's Surface announcement, in addition to actor Will Smith.

He interviewed Bill Gates again in February 2020. In September 2020, he interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, discussing holograms and the future of virtual reality. In December 2020, he interviewed the Former U.S President Mr. Barack Obama, discussing use of technology and social media in government.

Marques has also been featured in Forbes list of 30under30 -social media 2021 and also on Forbes top influencers technology-2017, he's also been featured in future tech Hall of Fame 2019 along with the likes of Lisa Su the CEO of AMD.In August 2013, Vic Gundotra, former Senior Vice President, Social for Google, called Brownlee "the best technology reviewer on the planet at that time".

Personal Life

Marques grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. He attended Columbia High School and studied at the Howe School at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he majored in business and information technology. Marques graduated from college in May 2015 and became a full-time YouTuber. His videos were produced at his apartment until he moved out in 2016, and he now works out of a studio in Kearny, New Jersey, using RED video equipment.

Marques has not only been a Tech reviewer but a influence on million of young people(including myself) to go out there and achieve something great and to not be fearful of failure.